publicly and he certainly hasn't laid out why he did the things he did and what motivated him. that is sort of at the heart of this investigation, is what was really driving the president, what were the motivations. as we were saying before, how did he view this investigation, how did he view law enforcement and loyalty in all of that. what mueller's trying to do is unpack that and understand all of these different events that have piled up over the past 15 months. >> another question, what was the purpose of your february 2017 meeting with mr. comey and what was said? here's comey's version of that interaction. >> there's 28 words there are in quotes. it says, quote, i hope -- this is the president speaking, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. i hope you can let this go. >> as i said in my statement, i could be wrong, but flynn had been forced to resign the day